Deepak Kumar handles the issue of inter-racial teenage dating (here, South Asian-Americans with white) with deftness and humor. His four characters sound like totally with-it Americans, as up on the latest technology as on the latest slang, but the brown boy who wants to date the white girl who doesn't want to date white boys has as futile a quest as the same brown boy who asks to date the brown girl who wants to date only whites. Though there's a touch of sadness in this play, the theme is handled overall with a lovely lightness.
Deepak Kumar handles the issue of inter-racial teenage dating (here, South Asian-Americans with white) with deftness and humor. His four characters sound like totally with-it Americans, as up on the latest technology as on the latest slang, but the brown boy who wants to date the white girl who doesn't want to date white boys has as futile a quest as the same brown boy who asks to date the brown girl who wants to date only whites. Though there's a touch of sadness in this play, the theme is handled overall with a lovely lightness.